October of 2022

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Cold-resistant rice varieties grow in Yusipang

Agriculture

Oct 31, 2022 1 mins read 673 views
Damphu's swimming pool remains idle

Sports

Oct 31, 2022 2 mins read 560 views
The future of sports

Letter to the Editor

Oct 31, 2022 1 mins read 808 views
A house or a home

Editorial

Oct 31, 2022 2 mins read 637 views
Druk Lhayul FC President appeals to BFF

Sports

Oct 31, 2022 1 mins read 620 views
Problems at Amochhu foreign worker centre irk recruiters

Labour

Oct 31, 2022 2 mins read 651 views
Drones to be used for surveying slope disaster

Disaster

Oct 31, 2022 1 mins read 702 views
Foreign exchange quota misuse affects reserve

Finance

Oct 31, 2022 3 mins read 593 views
Baseball final on November 11

Sports

Oct 30, 2022 1 mins read 625 views
Point Commercial to compete in Australia

Sports

Oct 30, 2022 2 mins read 648 views
Upcoming wastepreneur in Tsirang

Feature Story

Oct 30, 2022 2 mins read 605 views
Phuentsholing business drying up - who cares?

Letter to the Editor

Oct 30, 2022 2 mins read 712 views
Not a clean start?

Editorial

Oct 30, 2022 2 mins read 608 views
Focusing on yak wool to strengthen livelihood

Highlander

Oct 30, 2022 1 mins read 551 views
Farmers hopeful of better income after GSB project

Agriculture

Oct 30, 2022 2 mins read 530 views
Export of ferrosilicon on hold due to BIS certification

Trade

Oct 30, 2022 2 mins read 621 views
Bhutan U-15 to face Bangladesh in SAFF Championship

Sports

Oct 28, 2022 1 mins read 520 views
Army Chief visits India

Foreign Affairs

Oct 28, 2022 1 mins read 583 views
More about Zhonggar Tsho-dhuen (the Seven Valleys)

Perspective

Oct 28, 2022 5 mins read 621 views
Reflections on Jomolhari trek

Feature Story

Oct 28, 2022 2 mins read 553 views
Empathy_The Bedrock of Public Service

Perspective

Oct 28, 2022 5 mins read 588 views
RCSC to take in 651 fresh civil servants

RCSC

Oct 28, 2022 1 mins read 547 views
No fund, no road improvement

Road

Oct 28, 2022 2 mins read 614 views
Even if it is Nu 10, it must be constitutional

Letter to the Editor

Oct 28, 2022 2 mins read 531 views
Trends reversing

Editorial

Oct 28, 2022 2 mins read 644 views
Pay Commission condemns leak

Finance

Oct 28, 2022 1 mins read 538 views
A promising business venture in the East

Trade

Oct 28, 2022 3 mins read 518 views
RCSC appoints acting secretaries

RCSC

Oct 28, 2022 2 mins read 522 views
Home ownership concept design underway

House

Oct 28, 2022 1 mins read 560 views
Leopards causing menace in Kanglung

Wild Life

Oct 28, 2022 3 mins read 544 views
From the mountains to the Saudi desert

Sports

Oct 27, 2022 1 mins read 523 views
Beekeeping, a sweet business in Jalikhar

Farming

Oct 27, 2022 2 mins read 567 views
Let's use social media productively

Letter to the Editor

Oct 27, 2022 1 mins read 501 views
Our health and machines

Editorial

Oct 27, 2022 2 mins read 593 views
Rainstorm damages crops in Pemagatshel

Disaster

Oct 27, 2022 1 mins read 521 views
Channelised payment in vegetable export helps earn INR

Finance

Oct 27, 2022 2 mins read 558 views
Supreme Court sentences Druk Stars FC owner to four years in prison

Judiciary

Oct 27, 2022 2 mins read 625 views
Merak and Sakteng highlanders receive tsamdro use thrams

Land

Oct 27, 2022 1 mins read 549 views
1,018 units affordable housing to complete by 2025

House

Oct 27, 2022 3 mins read 595 views
Thimphu city bus services extend past midnight

Transport

Oct 26, 2022 2 mins read 616 views
Dharma Practice and Mental Health - A Psychiatrist's Perspectives

Perspective

Oct 26, 2022 3 mins read 569 views
Keep our surroundings clean

Letter to the Editor

Oct 26, 2022 1 mins read 512 views
Mobile medical equipment for early detection of cervical cancer

Health

Oct 26, 2022 2 mins read 621 views
Windstorm damage crops in Tsirang

Disaster

Oct 26, 2022 1 mins read 562 views
Japan contributes cold chain equipment

Grant

Oct 26, 2022 1 mins read 570 views
Wage revision study to complete by June next year

Finance

Oct 26, 2022 2 mins read 560 views
Cyclone Sitrang causes widespread damage in Mongar

Disaster

Oct 26, 2022 2 mins read 574 views
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